Creating the good old days, one day at a time.
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The Skeleton Twins; Real Family Comedy
Here is our first movie review by our movie Dude, the Toth. Enjoy it – “The dog dies at the end?!” Bill Hader responds in mock anger to Kristen Wiig’s accidental give away to the ending of the book Marley and Me. The two former Saturday Night Live alumni star in the new comedy/drama, The Skeleton…
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A New Contributor to the Blog
Hello out there to all you movie fans in Coquitlam and the other burbs of the Lower Mainland, province, and the world. It’s just about time for another person who feels they have something to say about films to post some stuff on the Internet. I’m Victor Toth, and ever since I saw the 70’s…
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The Crown Grill
On the second night of our recent cruise aboard the Grand Princess our kids had an evening activity that they wanted to take part in so my Sweetheart and I seized the opportunity and made reservations for the Crown Grill – a Princess Cruises specialty restaurant. The Crown Grill is a steakhouse with a $25…
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Princess Cruises – Dining Experiences
Seeing as I have previously experienced the dining options on the Regent Seven Seas, Celebrity and Holland America cruise lines, I was pleased to have the opportunity to see how Princess Cruises dining options measured up against competing cruise lines. So last Thursday I took the opportunity to go aboard the Princess Cruises Grand Princess…
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Catelli Healthy Harvest Ancient Grains
As I was saying yesterday, I was absolutely delighted to be part of the launch in western Canada of Catelli Healthy Harvest Ancient Grains pasta. I am a fiend for pasta and while I always use pasta made with whole wheat or “fibre added”, the addition of the Ancient Grains element to the Catelli pastas…
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Chef Lynn Crawford and Catelli Pasta
I hinted at this the other day (and then forgot to add more info) but today I’ll be tuning into a webcast with chef Lynn Crawford who will be demonstrating some of the new Catelli ancient grains pasta products. I’ll have more information after the webcast.
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Experimenting in the Test Kitchen
Although I have not been posting here for the last few days I have been eating, cooking and experimenting in the Eating in the Burbs test kitchen. We have been experimenting with a variety of gluten-free recipes and even some true Paleo-style cooking ideas – truly amazing what you can do with Paleo cooking!! Tomorrow…
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Gustin Premium Menswear
In January I went online and purchased a pair of jeans from Gustin Premium Menswear. And just this week I received them. You would be justified in thinking WTF – you ordered them in January and receive them in March? Well that is because Gustin does a crowdsourcing form of retail. What they do is…
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A Revisit to the Naam Restaurant
It had been more than a few years since my Sweetheart and I had visited the Naam Restaurant in the Vancouver neighbourhood of Kitsilano and after a day in Vancouver with our kids at the Art Gallery, we decided to revisit one of our favourite vegetarian restaurants from years gone by. I am pleased to…
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M Cafe Hong Kong Style Cafe
Nice to see another dining option opening up in the burbs! Just west of Coquitlam Centre in the building that formerly had an ABC Restaurant, they are jumping ahead in the alphabet to M Cafe. I’m looking forward to testing this one out. ??
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